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Yassin al Haj Saleh: “Syria is a unique symbol of injustice, apathy and amnesia”
http://chronikler.com/middle-east/iraq-and-the-levant/yassin-al-haj-saleh/By Boštjan Videmšek/DELOIn an exclusive interview, prominent Syrian writer and dissident Yassinal-Haj Saleh talks about Syria’s past, tragic present and uncertainfuture.Wednesday 20 January 2016Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a leading Syrian writer, a former politicalprisoner and one of Syria’s foremost intellectuals. Ever since hisstudent days, Saleh has been a vocal critic of the Assad regimes. He wasarrested in 1980 during the presidency of Hafez al-Assad and spent thenext 16 years as a prisoner of conscience.During the early days of the Syrian uprising, his voice became louderthan ever. In 2012, he was given the Prince Claus Award (supported bythe Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) but was unable to collect it, ashe was living in hiding in Damascus. In 2013, he fled to Turkey. Hiswife and brother were abducted the same year. He is the author ofseveral books, including Deliverance or Destruction? Syria at aCrossroads (2014).Here, he speaks to Boštjan Videmšek about Syria’s past, tragic presentand uncertain future.(Long, but very worthwhile, interview follows):http://chronikler.com/middle-east/iraq-and-the-levant/yassin-al-haj-saleh/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com